1、Unit 2,Listening Course (3),Section One Tactics for Listening,Part 1 Spot Dictation My Mother,Vocabulary taskmaster: a person who gives other people work to do disciplinarian 严格执行纪律者 clump v. 聚集成群 field hand = farmhand 农场工人 knack (先天或后天的)本领 invaluable: extremely useful keen: very sensitive 灵敏的，敏锐的 h
2、oist v. 吊起，拉高 navigator 区分，拣选 gigantic: extremely large Chrysler 克莱斯勒汽车 transcend v. (formal) 超出，超越（通常的界限） hose 橡皮管，塑料管，水龙带 dandelion 蒲公英 persistence n. 坚持，锲而不舍 woodpile 木柴堆,1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _,taskmaster,on a daily,make us,field hands,chores,missions,keen eyesight,tel
3、escope,far away,knack,11._ 12. _ 13. _ 14. _ 15. _ 16. _ 17. _ 18. _ 19. _ 20. _,got caught,gigantic,ability,one side,imagination,allowed,believe in,valued,filled by,edge of,Part 2 Listening for Gist,Vocabularybe fascinated by: 被深深吸引 hot-air balloon supercede 代替，取代 airship 飞艇，飞船 aeroplane （AmE airpl
4、ane, also plane）,This passage is about _.The key words are: _,the early history of flying,flying, designs, an Italian artist, fifteenth century; eighteenth century, fly, float, balloons; hot-air balloon, April 1783; airships, September 1852; aeroplane.,For hundreds of years man has been fascinated b
5、y the idea of flying. One of the first men to produce designs for aircraft was Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian artist who lived in the fifteenth century. However, it was not until the eighteenth century that people began to fly, or perhaps it would be better to say float, across the countryside in bal
6、loons. The first hot-air balloon was made in April 1783 by the Montgolfier brothers in France.In the following years many flights were made by balloon. Some of the fights were for pleasure and others were for delivering mail and for military purposes, such as observation and even bombing. However, i
7、n the late nineteenth century, airship superceded balloons as a form of transport.Airships came after balloons. The first powered and manned flight was made by a Frenchman, Giffard, in September 1852. His airship, powered by steam, travelled twenty-seven kilometers from Paris to Trappes at a speed o
8、f eight kilometres per hour. However the days of the airship were numbered as aeroplane became increasingly safe and popular.,Section Two Listening Comprehension Part 1 Dialogue Buying a Car Focus: Recognizing facts Understanding colloquial speech accent, link-ups, etc. Removing redundancy,1 (1英镑) =
9、9.8978人民币 1人民币=0.1010英镑 1 mile =1.60934398公里 约等于1.6公里gallon 美欧等国的加油站，通常用加仑做单位，我国的加油站则用升计价。美制1加仑=3.785升，英制1加仑= 4.546升。showroom 展销厅plan 平面图mileage 英里数built-in 嵌入式的，内置的pamphlet 小册子，手册incidentally: by the way 顺便提一句,Vocabulary,Lancia 蓝旗亚，或译为蓝西亚 意大利 菲亚特集团 Volvo 沃尔沃Latin 瑞典，又译为富豪 目前世界上最安全的汽车 Citroen （法国） 雪
10、铁龙,Background Information,Toyota （日本） 丰田 Peugeot 法国标致（法国汽车公司） Renault 雷诺 法国 种类有赛车、小型车、中型车、休旅车、大型车 世界上最悠久的汽车公司和世界十大汽车公司之一 Volkswagen 大众汽车（财富500强公司之一） Fiat 菲亚特汽车公司(Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino，缩写即F.I.A.T.),Part One Buying a Car,R 13, 240 40m/g 82m/h,T 13,040 36m/g 80m/h,p 15,190,C 12, 070 45m/g
11、 69m/h,F 13, 550,VW 13, 630 34m/g 90m/h,L16,240,M 12, 830 38m/g,V 15, 850,A: Good morning, can I help you? B: Yes, Im interested in buying a car. A: Have you anything in mind? B: Not really. A: What price are you thinking of? B: Not more than 13,500. A: Lets see now Over there between the Lancia and
12、 the Volvo is a Mini. It costs 12,830 and is cheap to run: It does 38 miles per gallon. Or theres the Citroen, behind the Mini. It costs 12,070 and is even cheaper to run than the Mini: It does 45 miles per gallon. Its not very fast though. It only does 69 miles per hour. B: No, I think the Mini and
13、 the Citroen are too small. Ive got three children. Isnt there anything bigger at that price? A: Well, theres the Toyota over there, to the left of the Peugeot. Its very comfortable and costs 13,040. Its cheap to run too, and it also has a built-in radio. Or theres the Renault at the back of the sho
14、wroom, behind the Peugeot. It costs a little more, 13,240, but it is cheaper to run. It does 40 miles per gallon and the Toyota only does 36 miles per gallon.,B: What about that Volkswagen over there, in front of the Toyota? A: That does a little more than 13,500 but its a very reliable car. Its mor
15、e expensive to run than the others: it does 34 miles per gallon, but its faster. Its top speed is 90 miles per hour. The Toyotas is 80 miles per hour and the Renaults is 82 miles per hour. B: How much does it cost? A: 13,630 and that includes a 5-year guarantee. B: And the Fiat next to the Volkswage
16、n? A: Again thats more than 13,500, but its cheaper than the Volkswagen. It costs 13,550. B: Hmm well, Ill have to think about it and study these pamphlets. How much is that Peugeot incidentally, behind the Lancia? A: Oh, thats expensive. It costs 15,190. B: Yes, that is a bit too much. Thank you very much for your help. Goodbye.,
